Science

Over the past week, I’ve been trying to process my thoughts about the so-called “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.” I know that I’m a blue voter living in a red state. There’s not a day that goes by that I’m not reminded that I live in a place where people applaud Christian prayer in school, work to […]
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AM-Northwest was kind enough to invite me to come on the show and talk about DIRTY MINDS, love and the brain when I visited Portland last week. Here’s the clip: Does that make sense to you? Want to learn more? Check out DIRTY MINDS: HOW OUR BRAINS INFLUENCE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS. I’d love to […]
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Last week, I moseyed over to San Antonio to talk about sex after pregnancy on the Great Day San Antonio morning show. Here’s the clip: What do you think? How can one recover the spark in a relationship after childbirth?
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When I first heard that major newspapers across the country were pulling Garry Trudeau’s popular Doonesbury cartoon, I couldn’t wait to take a peek. Though it isn’t the first time that folks have taken issue with Trudeau’s satire, I couldn’t imagine what had people so stirred up. I mean, I knew the strip was about […]
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I’ve been remiss in updates. I’d like to say I’ve just been busy with the launch of DIRTY MINDS: HOW OUR BRAINS INFLUENCE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS but there’s been a little more going on. Late last year, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is that it was diagnosed early. She […]
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Today was the culmination of a lot of hard work. My first book, DIRTY MINDS: HOW OUR BRAINS INFLUENCE LOVE, SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, debuted and is now available for sale from most major booksellers. It’s been one heck of a ride–with the ups and downs that you’d expect from your average roller coaster–but I wouldn’t […]
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How can we be upon the holidays already? With DIRTY MINDS releasing on 1/3/12, I find that I’m way behind again. So here’s a run-down on what I’ve been reading, watching, looking at and thinking about. The Dangers of Crying it Out: Is the old practice of letting babies “cry it out” something that should […]
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A few weeks ago, I attended Neuroscience 2011, the largest neuroscience conference in the world. Imagine 30,000+ scientists exiting the lab, squinting at the daylight and coming together to share the latest and greatest findings in the neuroscience world. It’s an exciting yet completely overwhelming meeting–and I get a lot out of it every year […]
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If your kid’s school works on the same schedule as my son’s, then you likely spent last week gearing up for Halloween all while making time for parent/teacher conferences and report card signings. Good times! One of my friends, who has a kindergarten aged daughter, spent the holiday a little ghost-faced about her face-to-face with […]
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I can’t stop thinking about a a piece I read in the Atlantic this week penned by Kate Bolick, entitled, “All the Single Ladies.” I’ve found myself throwing her arguments at friends, trying to get their opinion. I have shared it with everyone I know. I have even been waking up in the middle of […]
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